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December 17, 2009

Bengals WR Henry dies from injuries sustained in domestic dispute

CHARLOTTE, N.C. -- Cincinnati Bengals wide receiver Chris Henry
died Thursday, one day after falling out of the back of a pickup truck
during what police said was a domestic dispute with his fiancee.Charlotte-Mecklenburg police said Henry died at 6:36 a.m. He was 26."We
knew him in a different way than his public persona," Bengals owner
Mike Brown said of the player who was suspended five times during his
five-year NFL career. "He had worked through the troubles in his life
and had finally seemingly reached the point where everything was going
to blossom. And he was going to have the future we all wanted for him.
It's painful to us. We feel it in our hearts, and we will miss him."Police spokeswoman Rosalyn Harrington said homicide detectives have been assigned to the case but had no further information.Later
Thursday, police released two 911 tapes. The first was from an
unidentified woman who said she was following a yellow pickup truck."It's
got a black man on it with no shirt on, and he's got his arm in a cast
and black pants on," she told a dispatcher. "He's beating on the back
of this truck window. ... I don't know if he's trying to break in or
something. It just looks crazy. It's a girl driving it."Just
over a minute later, an unidentified man called 911 and said he saw a
man "laying in the road" and "definitely unconscious."Henry was
rushed to the hospital Wednesday after being found on a curvy section
of a residential road. Police said the dispute began at a home about a
half-mile away, and Henry jumped into the bed of the pickup truck as
his fiancee drove away from the residence.Police said at some
point when she was driving, Henry "came out of the back of the
vehicle." Harrington wouldn't say if the woman, whom police wouldn't
identify, was present at the scene when police arrived.Two
women from separate homes nearby said Thursday that they saw the woman
and the pickup at the scene when police arrived. Cheryl Hoffman said
she came out with a blanket when she saw Henry wasn't wearing a shirt."When
I got to where he was laying on the ground out there, he was very
unresponsive, laying flat on the ground," Hoffman said. "He was foaming
at the mouth, and I was very worried what was happening then."Henry
is engaged to Loleini Tonga, and the couple has been raising three
children. Tonga's MySpace page identifies herself as "Mrs. C. Henry"
and has a picture of her next to a person who appears to be Henry. She
also has a post from Tuesday talking about buying wedding rings. A
neighbor said Wednesday that the Tonga family owns the home where
police say the incident began. Charlotte is home to his fiancee's
parents.No one answered the door at that home, where there were deep tire tracks on the front lawn. CONTINUE READING...

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Bengals WR Henry dies from injuries sustained in domestic dispute

CHARLOTTE, N.C. -- Cincinnati Bengals wide receiver Chris Henry
died Thursday, one day after falling out of the back of a pickup truck
during what police said was a domestic dispute with his fiancee.Charlotte-Mecklenburg police said Henry died at 6:36 a.m. He was 26."We
knew him in a different way than his public persona," Bengals owner
Mike Brown said of the player who was suspended five times during his
five-year NFL career. "He had worked through the troubles in his life
and had finally seemingly reached the point where everything was going
to blossom. And he was going to have the future we all wanted for him.
It's painful to us. We feel it in our hearts, and we will miss him."Police spokeswoman Rosalyn Harrington said homicide detectives have been assigned to the case but had no further information.Later
Thursday, police released two 911 tapes. The first was from an
unidentified woman who said she was following a yellow pickup truck."It's
got a black man on it with no shirt on, and he's got his arm in a cast
and black pants on," she told a dispatcher. "He's beating on the back
of this truck window. ... I don't know if he's trying to break in or
something. It just looks crazy. It's a girl driving it."Just
over a minute later, an unidentified man called 911 and said he saw a
man "laying in the road" and "definitely unconscious."Henry was
rushed to the hospital Wednesday after being found on a curvy section
of a residential road. Police said the dispute began at a home about a
half-mile away, and Henry jumped into the bed of the pickup truck as
his fiancee drove away from the residence.Police said at some
point when she was driving, Henry "came out of the back of the
vehicle." Harrington wouldn't say if the woman, whom police wouldn't
identify, was present at the scene when police arrived.Two
women from separate homes nearby said Thursday that they saw the woman
and the pickup at the scene when police arrived. Cheryl Hoffman said
she came out with a blanket when she saw Henry wasn't wearing a shirt."When
I got to where he was laying on the ground out there, he was very
unresponsive, laying flat on the ground," Hoffman said. "He was foaming
at the mouth, and I was very worried what was happening then."Henry
is engaged to Loleini Tonga, and the couple has been raising three
children. Tonga's MySpace page identifies herself as "Mrs. C. Henry"
and has a picture of her next to a person who appears to be Henry. She
also has a post from Tuesday talking about buying wedding rings. A
neighbor said Wednesday that the Tonga family owns the home where
police say the incident began. Charlotte is home to his fiancee's
parents.No one answered the door at that home, where there were deep tire tracks on the front lawn. CONTINUE READING...

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